Westbank House , Cutlery Road , Newbridge
CONDITIONALPlanning application 211340
Kildare - Kildare County Council
Proposed Development
for the demolition of an existing three-storey vacant office building, general site clearance, change of use of the site from office to residential, and the construction of: a five- storey apartment building with the fifth storey set back comprising 12 no. 1-bed units and 8 no. 2-bed units; private open spaces in the form of balconies and patios; 150sq.m. communal open space roof terrace, 6 no. roof mounted solar PV Panels: 8 no. part-podium car parking spaces; bicycle and bin stores with 30 no. resident cycle spaces and 12 no. visitor cycle spaces; provision of new vehicular access from Cutlery Road; rerouting of existing water main; and all associated plant, ancillary landscaping, development and site works at
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Application received
20 Sept 2021
Further information requested
10 Nov 2021
Further information received
19 Jan 2022
Decision due
15 Feb 2022
Decision: CONDITIONAL
15 Feb 2022
Grant issued
29 Mar 2022
Application Details
- Location
- Westbank House , Cutlery Road , Newbridge
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Site Area
- 0.6 ha
- Floor Area
- 150 sq m
- Residential Units
- 1
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 20 September 2021
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 15 February 2022
- Grant Date
- 29 March 2022
- Permission Expires
- 28 March 2027
Location
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